Industrial chemicals found in Lake Michigan waters

Preliminary reports show industrial chemicals seeped into Lake Michigan on Monday afternoon, causing the closure of a northwest Indiana beach, the Post-Tribune is reporting. Read More

Bill Ayers: Obama should be tried for war crimes

Bill Ayers is giving President Barack Obama a failing grade, yet he says he doesn't feel the president has let anybody down these past years. Read More

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs spending bill approved

A bill that will fund military construction projects in Illinois and reduce veterans claims backlog has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. Read More

Plastic bag ban proposed in City Council

At City Hall, there was a City Council hearing on a new proposal to ban plastic bags in Chicago. Read More

Fritchey seeks overhaul of county bail system

Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey (D-12th) introduced a resolution Tuesday calling for a revised bail structure. Read More

George Lucas sets June wedding date in Chicago

George Lucas, 68, is set to marry girlfriend Mellody Hobson, 43, in Chicago this month. Read More

Millennium Park's new movie screen opens with tribute to Roger Ebert

Dubbed "The Screen," Millennium Park's newest addition located in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion makes its debut Tuesday with a showing of "Chicago" and a movie tribute to the Sun- Read More

Jesse Jackson Jr wants to serve time before wife Sandi

Jesse Jackson Jr. asked a federal judge on Monday to let him serve his prison time first—before his wife, Sandi, if she is given a sentence—and not the probation her lawyers are requesting, the Chicag Read More

Local School Council members call for AG Lisa Madigan to audit CPS finances

Local School Council members of about a dozen Chicago Public Schools lamented proposed budget cuts for their schools Monday morning and called on Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to audit CPS fi Read More